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Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin
Birth Date: May 26, 1799
Death Date: January 29, 1837
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
Place of Death: St. Petersburg, Russia
The Russian poet and prose writer Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin
(1799-1837) ranks as the country's greatest poet. He not only
brought Russian poetry to its highest excellence but also had
a decisive influence on Russian literature in the 19th and 20th
centuries.
Russian 19th century author who often has been considered his
country's greatest poet and the founder of modern Russian literature.
Pushkin blended Old Slavonic with vernacular Russian into a
rich, melodic language. He was the first to use everyday speech
in his poetry. Pushkin's Romantic contemporaries were Byron
(d. 1824) and Goethe (d. 1832), but his ironic attitude can
be connected to the literature of the 18th century, especially
to Voltaire. Pushkin wrote some 800 lyrics with a dozen narrative
poems.
Some of the more notable titles of Aleksandr Sergeevich
Pushkin books:
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(including "The Stone Guest", "Mozart
and Salieri", "The Miserly Knight, and "A Feast
During the Plague") (1830)